Rhoda Wager (10 March 1875–1953) was a British jewellery designer who later settled in Australia.

She was born on 10 March 1875 in Mile End, London, one of five children of George Wager a warehouseman, and his wife Jane Annabella, née James.

Rhoda Wager

Wager grew up in Bristol, and studied there at a local art school, then trained in drawing and painting at the Glasgow School of Art from 1897 to 1903. She also made jewellery with Bernard Cuzner.

Rhoda Wager

In 1913, Wager moved to Fiji, where she to lived on her brother's sugar plantation. In 1918, she moved to Sydney,Australia.

Rhoda Wager

In March 1920, she married Percy G. Ashton, son of Julian Ashton CBE (1851–1942), an English-born Australian artist.

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1875 births

1953 deaths

British jewellery designers

People from Mile End

Alumni of the Glasgow School of Art

Women jewellers

British emigrants to Australia

Glasgow Society of Women Artists member